"as a State Representative in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1996 to 2002. He resigned from the legislature in 2013 to join a private law firm. Jack Hart (state senator) John A. Hart., Jr., known as Jack Hart, is an American lawyer and former state legislator who served as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate from 2002 to 2013. He was educated at Boston College High School, Worcester Academy, Tufts University (B.A.), and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (M.P.A.). Jack also earned a law degree (J.D.) from New England Law - Boston. Hart was elected"
"John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald ""Jack"" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. He served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his presidency dealt with managing relations with the Soviet Union. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate prior to becoming president. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the second child of Joseph P."
"Franklin Davenport Franklin Davenport (September 1755July 27, 1832) was a Federalist Party United States Senator and US Representative from New Jersey. Davenport was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and his uncle was Benjamin Franklin. He received an academic education; studied law in Burlington, New Jersey; admitted to the New Jersey State Bar in 1776 and commenced practice in Gloucester City, New Jersey. He was the clerk of Gloucester County Court in 1776; during the American Revolutionary War he enlisted as a private in the New Jersey Militia, later becoming brigade major, then brigade quartermaster, and in 1778 assistant quartermaster for Gloucester"
"Harry C. Jackson Harry Cook Jackson (born July 23, 1915 in Columbus, Georgia; died February 12, 2000) was an American politician [3] ( Democratic Party). Jackson graduated from Auburn University and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering . Jackson was now working as an engineer. Furthermore, he received in 1952 his admission as a lawyer. From 1961 he was a member of the Senate of Georgia for 12 years. During this time he held there for two terms the post of president pro tempore. In 1974, he ran unsuccessfully for a nomination for the Democratic candidate in"
"off the coast of the Mid-Atlantic states of the United States, established in 2016 and named after Lautenberg. The results for Lautenberg's elections to the US Senate: Frank Lautenberg Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from New Jersey as a member of the Democratic Party. He was originally from Paterson, New Jersey. Lautenberg was elected to five terms as a Senator. He first took office in December 1982 and served three terms, retiring from the Senate in 2001. Called upon to run again one year"
"Electoral history of Bernie Sanders The electoral history of Bernie Sanders includes the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries and caucuses, and elections as United States Senator from Vermont, United States Representative from Vermont's at-large district (1991–2007), and Mayor of Burlington (1981–1989). States/Territories won by Secretary Clinton (34): Alabama, Arkansas, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, Northern Marianas Islands, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands States/Territories won by"
"Washington College, Pennsylvania. J.C. commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Bascom of Mercer, Pennsylvania, and later earned a degree from the Medical University at Louisville, Kentucky. He commenced practice in Louisville with his cousin, Dr. Hawthorne, continuing until 1850, when he went to California. He then located at Auburn, Placer County, California and engaged in a large general practice and hospital work, where he became widely known and gained a reputation for his professional skill. In 1854 he was elected State Senator from Placer County, and served two terms. (Lansing Stout, another future Oregonian, represented Placer County in California's"
"John McKinley John McKinley (May 1, 1780 – July 19, 1852) was a U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama and an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Born in Culpeper County, Virginia, his family moved to Kentucky when he was an infant. In that state he read law and was admitted to the bar in 1800, practicing in Frankfort and Louisville from 1800 to 1819 before moving to Huntsville, Alabama. After serving in the Alabama House of Representatives, he was elected to the U.S. Senate, serving his first term from November 27, 1826 to March 3, 1831,"
"States Senate in 1956, after defeating former United States Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan in the Democratic primary and former Republican Governor Daniel I.J. Thornton in the election and served from January 3, 1957 to January 3, 1963. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962—defeated by Republican Peter H. Dominick—and was a resident of Denver until his death. Interment was at Ft. Logan National Cemetery, Denver. John A. Carroll John Albert Carroll (July 30, 1901 – August 31, 1983) was a Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from Colorado. Born in Denver, he attended the"
"a judge in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. John Williams Walker John Williams Walker (August 12, 1783April 23, 1823) was an American politician, who served as the Democratic-Republican United States senator from the state of Alabama, the first senator elected by that state. Walker was born August 12, 1783 in Amelia County, Virginia, of Scots-Irish heritage, the son of Rev. Jeremiah Walker and Mary Jane Graves. He was educated at the prestigious Willington Academy of Dr. Moses Waddel near Petersburg, Georgia, and received degrees in 1806 and 1809 from Princeton University. He studied law, and was admitted to"
"John J. Hainkel Jr. John Joseph Hainkel Jr. (March 24, 1938 – April 15, 2005), was a legislator from New Orleans, Louisiana, who died in office after thirty-seven years of service. He was the first person in his state and the second in United States history to have been elected as both Speaker of his state House of Representatives and President of his state Senate. Hainkel graduated in 1956 from the Roman Catholic De La Salle High School and then Tulane University and Tulane University School of Law, all in New Orleans. In addition to being known as a raconteur,"
"Senator Sanders (23): Alaska, Colorado, Democrats Abroad, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming States with Margins of less than 5% (10): Connecticut, New Mexico, South Dakota, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Missouri, Michigan, Indiana, and Kentucky Electoral history of Bernie Sanders The electoral history of Bernie Sanders includes the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries and caucuses, and elections as United States Senator from Vermont, United States Representative from Vermont's at-large district (1991–2007), and Mayor of Burlington (1981–1989). States/Territories won by Secretary Clinton (34):"
"Joe Kennedy III Joseph Patrick Kennedy III (born October 4, 1980), is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, his congressional district extends from the western suburbs of Boston to the state's South Coast. A son of former Representative Joseph P. Kennedy II, he worked as a Peace Corps volunteer and as an assistant district attorney in the Cape and Islands and Middlesex County, Massachusetts offices before his election to Congress. Kennedy is a grandson of U.S. Senator and former United States Attorney General Robert F. ""Bobby"" Kennedy,"
"of leukemia in Albuquerque at the age of 89. He was cremated. Senator Jeff Bingaman honored his memory on the Senate floor. E. S. Johnny Walker E. S. Johnny Walker (June 18, 1911 – October 8, 2000) was a Democratic Politician from the U.S. State of New Mexico and a Veteran of the Second World War. Walker was born in Fulton, Kentucky, and attended public schools there until his family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1926. He graduated from Albuquerque High School, and attended the University of New Mexico and George Washington University. In 1942, he enlisted in the"
"of New York City and Philadelphia. Voters in suburban New Jersey were overwhelmingly white, and were more likely to vote Republican. From 1943 to 1979, New Jersey was represented in the US Senate by a Democrat and a Republican. From 1992 on, New Jersey has voted for Democrats in every presidential election. Bill Clinton won a plurality of New Jersey's popular vote in 1992, and in [[United States presidential election in New Jersey. New Jersey voters in the rural parts of the state that voted Republican tended to like very conservative Republicans while the suburbs tended to like liberal or"
"Samuel D. Jackson Samuel Dillon Jackson (May 28, 1895March 8, 1951) was a United States Senator from Indiana. Born near Zanesville, Indiana, he attended the public schools of Fort Wayne and graduated from a predecessor of the now Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis in 1917, gaining admission to the bar the same year. During the First World War, he served as a captain of infantry from 1917 to 1919, and engaged in the practice of law at Fort Wayne in 1919. He was prosecuting attorney of Allen County from 1924 to 1928. He ran unsuccessfully"
"John Kennedy (Louisiana politician) John Neely Kennedy (born November 21, 1951) is an American attorney and politician who has since 2017 served as the junior United States Senator from Louisiana. A Democrat-turned Republican, he previously served as the Louisiana state treasurer from 2000 to 2017. Born in Centreville, Mississippi, Kennedy graduated from Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia School of Law before attending Magdalen College in Oxford, England. Kennedy was a member of the staff of Governor Buddy Roemer before unsuccessfully running for state attorney general in 1991. In 1999, he was elected state treasurer. He was an unsuccessful"
"was held in Seattle, Washington. From 1945 to 1947, Jackson was also the chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs. In the 1952 election, Jackson relinquished his seat in the House for a run for one of Washington's Senate seats. Jackson soundly defeated Republican Senator Harry P. Cain and remained a senator for over thirty years. He was Washington's first U.S. Senator to be born in the state. Jackson died in office in 1983 after winning re-election for the fifth time in 1982. Though Jackson opposed the excesses of Joe McCarthy, who had traveled to Washington State to campaign against"
"a United States Senator from Florida (1908–1909). During his career, John became a lawyer, practicing in a number of communities in Georgia and Alabama, before settling in New Orleans. He came to Florida in 1846, and quickly entered the Florida political scene. In 1848, he served as a presidential elector for the state, then in 1850 was elected to the Florida House of Representatives. As a strong supporter of states' rights, he was an early advocate for secession of Florida from the Union. He was a delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Convention from Florida and in the same year"
"John L. Kennedy John Lauderdale Kennedy (October 27, 1854 – August 30, 1946) was an American Republican Party politician. Born in Ayrshire, Scotland on October 27, 1854, he immigrated in 1874 to the United States and settled and farmed in LaSalle County, Illinois. He attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1879 and then graduated from the law department of the University of Iowa in Iowa City in 1882. He passed the bar and briefly set up practice in Omaha, Nebraska being elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth United States Congress. He served from March 4, 1905, to March"
"Allen Frear Elementary School in Camden. J. Allen Frear Jr. Joseph Allen Frear Jr. (March 7, 1903 – January 15, 1993) was an American businessman and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Delaware from 1949 to 1961. J. Allen Frear was born on a farm near Rising Sun, in Kent County, Delaware, to Joseph Allen and Clara (née Lowber) Frear. His mother died in 1922, and his father subsequently married her brother's daughter. Frear was a distant relative of Robert Freer, who served as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. One of three children, he"
"Walter J. Kavanaugh Walter J. Kavanaugh (June 30, 1933 – January 9, 2008) was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey Legislature for 32 years, representing the 16th Legislative District. He died just two days after leaving the State Senate, having declined to run for re-election in 2007. His 32 years of service in the legislature made him the seventh-longest serving legislator in state history. Kavanaugh had served in the State Senate since 1998, where he represented the 16th Legislative District. Senator Kavanaugh served on the Budget & Appropriations Committee and was Vice Chair of the"
"John Williams Walker John Williams Walker (August 12, 1783April 23, 1823) was an American politician, who served as the Democratic-Republican United States senator from the state of Alabama, the first senator elected by that state. Walker was born August 12, 1783 in Amelia County, Virginia, of Scots-Irish heritage, the son of Rev. Jeremiah Walker and Mary Jane Graves. He was educated at the prestigious Willington Academy of Dr. Moses Waddel near Petersburg, Georgia, and received degrees in 1806 and 1809 from Princeton University. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar at Petersburg. In 1808, Walker married Matilda Pope,"
"Jock Scott John Wyeth Scott II (June 29, 1947 – April 25, 2009), known as Jock Scott, was a lawyer and college professor in Alexandria, Louisiana, who served three terms from District 26 in the Louisiana House of Representatives, first as a Democrat (1976–1985) and then as a Republican (1985–1988). He was defeated in a race for the Louisiana State Senate in 1987. He also lost two bids for the United States House of Representatives: a 1985 special election, when he ran as a Democrat, and in the 2004 nonpartisan blanket primary for the Fifth Congressional District, when he challenged"
"Jeff Flake Jeffry Lane Flake (born December 31, 1962) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Arizona, a seat to which he was first elected in 2012., Flake was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013. Born in Snowflake, Arizona, Flake attended Brigham Young University and received his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in international relations and political science from the university, respectively. Flake became a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Africa in the early 1980s, where he learned"
"Martin J. Kennedy Martin John Kennedy (August 29, 1892 – October 27, 1955) was an American politician from New York. A real estate and insurance broker in New York City, Kennedy is most notable for his service as a Democratic member of the [[New York State Senate (1924-1930) and the [[United States House of Representatives]] (1930-1945). Kennedy was born in [[New York City]] on August 29, 1892. He attended the public schools, and graduated from [[Columbia University]] in 1909; and from the [[City College of New York|College of the City of New York]] in 1914. Then he engaged in the"
"Jeff Jackson (politician) Jeff Jackson (born 1982 or 1983) is an American attorney and politician who is a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate. He represents the 37th district, which is based in Mecklenburg County. Jackson also serves in the North Carolina National Guard. Raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Jackson earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in philosophy from Emory University. He also earned a law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After the September 11 attacks, Jackson enlisted in the United States Army Reserve and served in Kandahar Province during the"
"Joseph Kerr Joseph Kerr (1765August 22, 1837) was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio who served in the United States Senate. Kerr (pronounced ""car"") was born in Kerrtown, Pennsylvania (now Chambersburg), and moved to Ohio in 1792. He served in a number of positions as clerk, surveyor, judge and justice of the peace in the Northwest Territory. He served as justice of the peace at Manchester, Adams County, Ohio in 1797. and as a judge of the first quarter session court of Adams County, Northwest Territory, in 1797. Kerr's son, Joseph Kerr Jr., died in the Battle of the Alamo. After"
"[[Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives]] [[Category:20th-century American politicians]] Martin J. Kennedy Martin John Kennedy (August 29, 1892 – October 27, 1955) was an American politician from New York. A real estate and insurance broker in New York City, Kennedy is most notable for his service as a Democratic member of the [[New York State Senate (1924-1930) and the [[United States House of Representatives]] (1930-1945). Kennedy was born in [[New York City]] on August 29, 1892. He attended the public schools, and graduated from [[Columbia University]] in 1909; and from the [[City College of New York|College"
"Alfred Metcalf Jackson Alfred Metcalf Jackson (July 14, 1860 – June 11, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born in South Carrollton, Kentucky, Jackson attended the common schools and West Kentucky College, and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced. He moved to Howard, Kansas, in 1881 and engaged in the practice of law. He served as prosecuting attorney of Elk County in 1890. He served as judge of the thirteenth judicial district of Kansas in 1892. He moved to Winfield, Kansas, in 1898. Jackson was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh Congress (March"
"Frank Lautenberg Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from New Jersey as a member of the Democratic Party. He was originally from Paterson, New Jersey. Lautenberg was elected to five terms as a Senator. He first took office in December 1982 and served three terms, retiring from the Senate in 2001. Called upon to run again one year later due to circumstances surrounding his Senate colleague Robert Torricelli's re-election campaign, Lautenberg returned to the Senate in January 2003 and was elected to one additional term"
"Joe Kennedy (Georgia politician) Joseph Everett ""Joe"" Kennedy (October 8, 1930 – June 19, 1997) was a Georgia State Senator born in Claxton, Georgia, United States. Kennedy attended Claxton schools and graduated from Claxton High School in 1947. After graduation he attended Georgia Military College where he graduated in 1949. Following his time at GMC, Kennedy became a 2nd lieutenant in the United States Army. He was the recipient of the Korean Service Medal, United Nations Medal, Bronze Star, and two Battle Stars. On December 25, 1953, Joseph Kennedy married Lalah Kennedy of Tattnall County. Kennedy would later be heavily"
"Henry M. Jackson Henry Martin ""Scoop"" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative (1941–1953) and U.S. Senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington. A Cold War liberal and anti-Communist Democrat, Jackson supported higher military spending and a hard line against the Soviet Union, while also supporting social welfare programs, civil rights, and labor unions. Born in Everett, Washington, to Norwegian immigrants, Jackson practiced law in Everett after graduating from the University of Washington School of Law. He won election to Congress in 1940 and joined the Senate in 1953"